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S0111900 (sā)v. said (sĕd), say·ing, says (sĕz) v.tr.1. To utter aloud; pronounce: The children said, "Good morning."2. To express in words: Say what's on your mind.3. a. To state as an opinion or judgment; declare: I say let's eat out.b. To state as a determination of fact: It's hard to say who is right in this matter.c. To report or maintain; allege: It is said he is a fraud.4. To repeat or recite: said grace.5. a. To indicate; show: The clock says half past two.b. To give nonverbal expression to; signify or embody: It was an act that said "devotion."6. To suppose; assume: Let's say that you're right.v.intr. To make a statement or express an opinion or judgment: The story must be true because the teacher said so.n.1. A turn or chance to speak: Having had my say, I sat down.2. The right or power to influence or make a decision: Citizens have a say in the councils of government. All I want is some say in the matter.3. Archaic Something said; a statement.adv.1. Approximately: There were, say, 500 people present.2. For instance: a woodwind, say an oboe.interj. Used to express surprise or appeal for someone's attention.Idioms: I say1. Used preceding an utterance to call attention to it: I say, do you have the time?2. Used as an exclamation of surprise, delight, or dismay. that is to say In other words. to say nothing of And there is no need to mention. Used to allude to things that fill out an idea or argument: The yard is a mess, to say nothing of the house. you can say that again Slang Used to express strong agreement with what has just been said.

[Middle English seien, from Old English secgan; see sek^w- in Indo-European roots.]

say′er n.

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(seɪ) vb (mainly tr) , says (sɛz) , saying or said1. to speak, pronounce, or utter2. (also intr) to express (an idea) in words; tell: we asked his opinion but he refused to say. 3. (also intr; may take a clause as object) to state (an opinion, fact, etc) positively; declare; affirm4. to recite: to say grace. 5. (may take a clause as object) to report or allege: they say we shall have rain today. 6. (may take a clause as object) to take as an assumption; suppose: let us say that he is lying. 7. (may take a clause as object) to convey by means of artistic expression: the artist in this painting is saying that we should look for hope. 8. to make a case for: there is much to be said for either course of action. 9. (usually passive) Irish to persuade or coax (someone) to do something: If I hadn't been said by her, I wouldn't be in this fix. 10. go without saying to be so obvious as to need no explanation11. I say! chiefly informal Brit an exclamation of surprise12. not to say even; and indeed13. that is to say in other words; more explicitly14. to say nothing of as well as; even disregarding: he was warmly dressed in a shirt and heavy jumper, to say nothing of a thick overcoat. 15. to say the least without the slightest exaggeration; at the very leastadv16. approximately: there were, say, 20 people present. 17. for example: choose a number, say, four. n18. the right or chance to speak: let him have his say. 19. authority, esp to influence a decision: he has a lot of say in the company's policy. 20. a statement of opinion: you've had your say, now let me have mine. interjinformal US and Canadian an exclamation to attract attention or express surprise, etc[Old English secgan; related to Old Norse segja, Old Saxon seggian, Old High German sagēn] ˈsayer n

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(seɪ) n (Textiles) archaic a type of fine woollen fabric[C13: from Old French saie, from Latin saga, plural of sagum a type of woollen cloak]

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v. said, say•ing,
adv., n., interj. v.t. 1. to utter or pronounce; speak: to say a word. 2. to express in words; state; declare: Say what you think. 3. to state as an opinion or judgment: I say we should wait here. 4. to recite or repeat. 5. to report or allege; maintain. 6. to express (a message, viewpoint, etc.), as through a literary or other artistic medium. 7. to indicate or show: What does your watch say? v.i. 8. to speak; declare; express an opinion, idea, etc. adv. 9. approximately; about: It's, say, 14 feet long. 10. for example. n. 11. what a person says or has to say. 12. the right or opportunity to state an opinion or exercise influence: to have one's say in a decision. 13. a turn to say something. interj. 14. (used to express surprise, get attention, etc.) Idioms: go without saying, to be completely self-evident. [before 900; Middle English seyen, seggen, Old English secgan; c. Dutch zeggen, German sagen, Old Norse segja; akin to saw³] say′er, n.

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1. 'say'

When you say something, you use your voice to produce words. The past tense and -ed participle of say is said /sed/.

You use say when you are quoting directly the words that someone has spoken.

'I feel so happy,' she said.'The problem,' he said, 'is that Mr Sanchez is very upset.'

In writing, you can use many other verbs instead of say when you are quoting someone's words.

In spoken English, you usually use say.

He said to me, 'What shall we do?'

Be Careful!
In speech, you mention the person and say before quoting their words. Don't say, for example, ''What shall we do?' he said to me' in spoken English.

You can use it after said to refer to the words spoken by someone.

You could have said it a bit more politely.I just said it for something to say.

If you are referring in a general way to what someone has expressed, rather than their actual words, use so, not 'it'. For example, say 'I disagree with him and I said so'. Don't say 'I disagree with him and I said it'.

If you wanted more to eat, why didn't you say so earlier?I know she liked it because she said so.

You can report what someone has said without quoting them directly using say and a that-clause.

She said she hadn't slept very well.They said that smoking wasn't permitted anywhere in the building.

Be Careful!
Don't use 'say' with an indirect object. For example, don't say 'She said me that Mr Rai had left.' Say 'She said that Mr Rai had left' or 'She told me that Mr Rai had left.'

2. 'tell'

If you are mentioning the hearer as well as the speaker, you usually use tell, rather than 'say'. The past tense and -ed participle of tell is told. For example, instead of saying 'I said to him that his mother had arrived', say 'I told him that his mother had arrived'.

'I have no intention of resigning,' he told the press.She told me to sit down.See tell

You say that someone tells a story, lie, or joke.

You're telling lies now.Dad told jokes and stories.

Be Careful!
Don't say that someone 'says' a story, lie, or joke. Don't say, for example 'You're saying lies now'.

3. 'ask'

Don't say that someone 'says' a question. Say that they ask a question.

Luka asked me a lot of questions about my job.I asked what time it was.See ask4. 'give'

Don't say that someone 'says' an order or instruction. Say that they give an order or instruction.

Who gave the order for the men to shoot?She had given clear instructions about what to do while she was away.5. 'call'

If you want to say that someone describes someone else in a particular way, you can use say followed by a that-clause. For example, you can say 'He said that I was a liar'. You can also say that someone calls someone something. For example, you can say 'He called me a liar'.

She called me lazy and selfish.See call6. 'talk about'

Don't use say to mention what someone is discussing. Don't say, for example, 'He said about his business'. Say 'He talked about his business'.

Lucy talked about her childhood and her family.

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say tell">tell1. 'speak'

When you speak, you use your voice to produce words. The past tense of speak is spoke. The -ed participle is spoken.

They spoke very enthusiastically about their trip.I've spoken to Raja and he agrees with me.2. 'say'

Don't use 'speak' to report what someone says. Don't say, for example, 'He spoke that the doctor had arrived'. Say 'He said that the doctor had arrived'.

I said that I would like to teach English.He said it was an accident.3. 'tell'

If you mention the person who is being spoken to as well as what was said, use tell.

He told me that he was a farmer.I told her what the doctor had said.See say, tell4. 'talk'See speak - talk

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Past participle: said
Gerund: saying

Imperative
say
say

Present
I say
you say
he/she/it says
we say
you say
they say

Preterite
I said
you said
he/she/it said
we said
you said
they said

Present Continuous
I am saying
you are saying
he/she/it is saying
we are saying
you are saying
they are saying

Present Perfect
I have said
you have said
he/she/it has said
we have said
you have said
they have said

Past Continuous
I was saying
you were saying
he/she/it was saying
we were saying
you were saying
they were saying

Past Perfect
I had said
you had said
he/she/it had said
we had said
you had said
they had said

Future
I will say
you will say
he/she/it will say
we will say
you will say
they will say

Future Perfect
I will have said
you will have said
he/she/it will have said
we will have said
you will have said
they will have said

Future Continuous
I will be saying
you will be saying
he/she/it will be saying
we will be saying
you will be saying
they will be saying

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been saying
you have been saying
he/she/it has been saying
we have been saying
you have been saying
they have been saying

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been saying
you will have been saying
he/she/it will have been saying
we will have been saying
you will have been saying
they will have been saying

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been saying
you had been saying
he/she/it had been saying
we had been saying
you had been saying
they had been saying

Conditional
I would say
you would say
he/she/it would say
we would say
you would say
they would say

Past Conditional
I would have said
you would have said
he/she/it would have said
we would have said
you would have said
they would have said

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	say - the chance to speak; "let him have his say"chance, opportunity - a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances; "the holiday gave us the opportunity to visit Washington"; "now is your chance"
Verb	1.	say - express in words; "He said that he wanted to marry her"; "tell me what is bothering you"; "state your opinion"; "state your name"state, tellpresent, lay out, represent - bring forward and present to the mind; "We presented the arguments to him"; "We cannot represent this knowledge to our formal reason"misstate - state something incorrectly; "You misstated my position"answer, reply, respond - react verbally; "She didn't want to answer"; "answer the question"; "We answered that we would accept the invitation"preface, premise, precede, introduce - furnish with a preface or introduction; "She always precedes her lectures with a joke"; "He prefaced his lecture with a critical remark about the institution"give tongue to, utter, express, verbalise, verbalize - articulate; either verbally or with a cry, shout, or noise; "She expressed her anger"; "He uttered a curse"announce, declare - announce publicly or officially; "The President declared war"enunciate, vocalise, vocalize, articulate - express or state clearlysay - state as one's opinion or judgement; declare; "I say let's forget this whole business"get out - express with difficulty; "I managed to get out a few words"declare - state emphatically and authoritatively; "He declared that he needed more money to carry out the task he was charged with"declare - make a declaration (of dutiable goods) to a customs official; "Do you have anything to declare?"note, remark, mention, observe - make mention of; "She observed that his presentation took up too much time"; "They noted that it was a fine day to go sailing"add, append, supply - state or say further; "`It doesn't matter,' he supplied"explain - define; "The committee explained their plan for fund-raising to the Dean"give - convey or reveal information; "Give one's name"sum, summarise, summarize, sum up - be a summary of; "The abstract summarizes the main ideas in the paper"
	2.	say - report or maintain; "He alleged that he was the victim of a crime"; "He said it was too late to intervene in the war"; "The registrar says that I owe the school money"allege, averplead - make an allegation in an action or other legal proceeding, especially answer the previous pleading of the other party by denying facts therein stated or by alleging new factsassert, asseverate, maintain - state categorically
	3.	say - express a supposition; "Let us say that he did not tell the truth"; "Let's say you had a lot of money--what would you do?"supposespeculate - talk over conjecturally, or review in an idle or casual way and with an element of doubt or without sufficient reason to reach a conclusion; "We were speculating whether the President had to resign after the scandal"
	4.	say - have or contain a certain wording or form; "The passage reads as follows"; "What does the law say?"readread - interpret something that is written or printed; "read the advertisement"; "Have you read Salman Rushdie?"feature, have - have as a feature; "This restaurant features the most famous chefs in France"
	5.	say - give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority; "I said to him to go home"; "She ordered him to do the shopping"; "The mother told the child to get dressed"order, enjoin, telldirect - command with authority; "He directed the children to do their homework"instruct - give instructions or directions for some task; "She instructed the students to work on their pronunciation"command, require - make someone do somethingrequest - ask (a person) to do something; "She asked him to be here at noon"; "I requested that she type the entire manuscript"send for, call - order, request, or command to come; "She was called into the director's office"; "Call the police!"warn - ask to go away; "The old man warned the children off his property"
	6.	say - speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way; "She pronounces French words in a funny way"; "I cannot say `zip wire'"; "Can the child sound out this complicated word?"enounce, enunciate, pronounce, sound out, articulatetwang - pronounce with a nasal twangdevoice - utter with tense vocal chordsraise - pronounce (vowels) by bringing the tongue closer to the roof of the mouth; "raise your `o'"lilt - articulate in a very careful and rhythmic waypalatalise, palatalize - pronounce a consonant with the tongue against the palatenasalise, nasalize - pronounce with a lowered velum; "She nasalizes all her vowels"nasalise, nasalize - speak nasally or through the nose; "In this part of the country, people tend to nasalize"mispronounce, misspeak - pronounce a word incorrectly; "She mispronounces many Latinate words"aspirate - pronounce with aspiration; of stop soundsvocalize, voice, vocalise, sound - utter with vibrating vocal chordsretroflex - articulate (a consonant) with the tongue curled back against the palate; "Indian accents can be characterized by the fact that speakers retroflex their consonants"subvocalise, subvocalize - articulate without making audible sounds; "she was reading to herself and merely subvocalized"syllabise, syllabize - utter with distinct articulation of each syllable; "The poet syllabized the verses he read"drawl - lengthen and slow down or draw out; "drawl one's vowels"labialise, labialize, round - pronounce with rounded lipslisp - speak with a lispaccent, accentuate, stress - put stress on; utter with an accent; "In Farsi, you accent the last syllable of each word"vowelise, vowelize, vocalise, vocalize - pronounce as a vowel; "between two consonants, this liquid is vowelized"click - produce a click; "Xhosa speakers click"trill - pronounce with a trill, of the phoneme `r'; "Some speakers trill their r's"sibilate - pronounce with an initial sibilantflap - pronounce with a flap, of alveolar soundsexplode - cause to burst as a result of air pressure; of stop consonants like /p/, /t/, and /k/roll - pronounce with a roll, of the phoneme /r/; "She rolls her r's"
	7.	say - communicate or express nonverbally; "What does this painting say?"; "Did his face say anything about how he felt?"say - indicate; "The clock says noon"convey - make known; pass on, of information; "She conveyed the message to me"
	8.	say - utter aloud; "She said `Hello' to everyone in the office"give tongue to, utter, express, verbalise, verbalize - articulate; either verbally or with a cry, shout, or noise; "She expressed her anger"; "He uttered a curse"
	9.	say - state as one's opinion or judgement; declare; "I say let's forget this whole business"say, state, tell - express in words; "He said that he wanted to marry her"; "tell me what is bothering you"; "state your opinion"; "state your name"
	10.	say - recite or repeat a fixed text; "Say grace"; "She said her `Hail Mary'"recite - repeat aloud from memory; "she recited a poem"; "The pupil recited his lesson for the day"
	11.	say - indicate; "The clock says noon"record, register, read, show - indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments; "The thermometer showed thirteen degrees below zero"; "The gauge read `empty'"say - communicate or express nonverbally; "What does this painting say?"; "Did his face say anything about how he felt?"

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verb1. state, declare, remark, add, announce, maintain, mention, assert, affirm, asseverate She said she was very impressed.2. speak, utter, voice, express, pronounce, come out with (informal), put into words, give voice or utterance to I hope you didn't say anything about me.3. make known, reveal, disclose, divulge, answer, reply, respond, give as your opinion I must say that that rather shocked me, too.4. read, show, display, indicate The clock said four minutes past eleven.5. suggest, reveal, express, imply, communicate, disclose, give away, convey, divulge That says a lot about the power of their marketing people.6. suppose, supposing, imagine, assume, presume, postulate Say you lived in Boston, Massachusetts.7. estimate, suppose, guess, conjecture, surmise, dare say, hazard a guess I'd say she must be at least a size 20.8. recite, perform, deliver, do, read, repeat, render, rehearse, orate How am I going to go on and say those lines tonight?9. allege, report, claim, hold, suggest, insist, maintain, rumour, assert, uphold, profess, put about that He says he did it after the police pressured him.noun1. influence, power, control, authority, weight, sway, clout (informal), predominance, mana (N.Z.) The students wanted more say in the running of the university.2. chance to speak, vote, voice, crack (informal), opportunity to speak, turn to speak Let him have his say.to say the least at the very least, without any exaggeration, to put it mildly The result was, to say the least, fascinating.

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verb1. To produce or make (speech sounds):articulate, enunciate, pronounce, utter, vocalize.2. To put into words:articulate, communicate, convey, declare, express, state, talk, tell, utter, vent, verbalize, vocalize, voice.Idiom: give tongue to.3. To put into words positively and with conviction:affirm, allege, argue, assert, asseverate, aver, avouch, avow, claim, contend, declare, hold, maintain, state.Idiom: have it.nounThe right or chance to express an opinion or participate in a decision:suffrage, voice, vote.Informal: say-so.

Translations

说估计大约宣称意见

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(sei) – 3rd person singular present tense says (sez) : past tense, past participle said (sed) – verb1. to speak or utter. What did you say?; She said `Yes'.说2. to tell, state or declare. She said how she had enjoyed meeting me; She is said to be very beautiful. 表明，宣称 3. to repeat. The child says her prayers every night.背诵4. to guess or estimate. I can't say when he'll return. 约莫，估计 noun the right or opportunity to state one's opinion. I haven't had my say yet; We have no say in the decision.意见ˈsaying noun something often said, especially a proverb etc. 谚语have (something, *nothingetc) to say for oneself to be able/unable to explain one's actions etc. Your work is very careless – what have you to say for yourself? 能够/无法解释个人的行为等 I wouldn't say no to I would like. I wouldn't say no to an ice-cream. 我不会拒绝...，我喜欢... (let's) say roughly; approximately; about. You'll arrive there in, (let's) say, three hours. 大约，比如说 say the word I'm ready to obey your wishes. If you'd like to go with me, say the word.发命令that is to say in other words; I mean. He was here last Thursday, that's to say the 4th of June.换句话说

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verb state

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verb allege

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noun chance to speak

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phrase to say the least

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verb to produce or make (speech sounds)

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verb to put into words

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verb to put into words positively and with conviction

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noun the right or chance to express an opinion or participate in a decision

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noun the chance to speak

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